HackingHealthcareHealthcareVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataBian LianData ExfiltratedTargetedActor NamedPHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountHighContained

Northeast Spine and Sports Medicine's

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 8, 2024

Filed

Oct 23, 2024

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected · nationwide

6,5001 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Northeast Spine and Sports Medicine's →

Northeast Spine and Sports Medicine LLC (NESSM), a healthcare provider, disclosed a data breach caused by the Bian Lian cyber organization. The intrusion occurred between late December 2023 and early January 2024. NESSM discovered the breach on January 8, 2024. Compromised data included PHI, SSNs, medical record numbers, and financial information for approximately 6,500 individuals. NESSM engaged forensic investigators, isolated systems, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 8, 2024 → Filed with AG Oct 23, 2024289d ✗ ME AG >90d41 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 24 days

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 289 days

Dec 15, 2023

Begins

Jan 8, 2024

Discovered

Oct 23, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+29 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitebianlianbd_1792772f2ef0f26e2024-01-15 · +282dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0d5092af870f81b22024-10-23Verified by operator
HHS OCRbd_391e6d1867d4ccd22024-10-24 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGBian Lianbd_0ab395dba0bb9eb02024-10-18 · +5dVerified

Name: Northeast Spine and Sports Medicine's
norm: northeast spine and sports medicine s
Domain: northeastspineandsports.com
Industry: Healthcare

Name: Northeast Spine and Sports Medicine's
norm: northeast spine and sports medicine s
Domain: northeastspineandsports.com
Industry: Healthcare
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 8, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 15, 2023 – Jan 15, 2024
Undetected for: 24 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 17, 2024
Affected individuals: 6,500state + nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access· Bian Lian
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: Bian LianExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged our technology management provider to secure and isolate the affected systems
Engaged a leading cybersecurity firm to conduct a thorough forensic investigation
Contacted law enforcement
Turned off NESSM's systems
Changes made: Implemented enhanced multi-factor authentication
Applied system patches
Upgraded firewall
Implemented event monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(289 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 289dME resident >180d · 283dLeak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jan 8, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Oct 23, 2024
289d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Jan 8, 2024
→ Notified: Oct 17, 2024
283d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 8, 2024 → Filed with AG: Oct 23, 2024	289d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Jan 8, 2024 → Notified: Oct 17, 2024	283d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGOct 18 · first

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Maine State AG+5d · this page

HHS OCR+6d

Pattern: first filing Oct 18 (NH), last Oct 24 (NJ) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/dd088f2b-8aee-4090-85f5-98550b3b79aa.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 23, 2024
Raw hash: 9e287641b6c226006e0f1f65744cf9d4e807d8ef2133ea60f3690ff7b45e2b4d

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNortheast Spine and Sports Medicine's

Victim entityNortheast Spine and Sports Medicine's

Incidentdiscovered Jan 8, 2024

Stated responseEngaged our technology management provider to secure and isolate the affected systems

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov